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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stranger in the Village.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Baldwin suggest attracted ex-GI's to live and study in Paris?
(a) The romanticism associated with Paris.
(b) The architecture associated with Paris.
(c) The beauty of the language.
(d) The food associated with Paris.

2. Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?
(a) To tell the true story of Uncle Tom.
(b) To abolish slavery.
(c) To prove slavery is wrong.
(d) To show the every day life of a slave.

3. What type of accommodations were promised to the Melodeers prior to leaving for Atlanta?
(a) Four to a room.
(b) Dormitory style accommodations.
(c) Two to a room.
(d) One to a room.

4. What impeded the Progressive Party's progression in Harlem during the 1940s?
(a) The campaign promises were too common.
(b) The campaign promises were geared towards Whites.
(c) The campaign promises were too extravagant.
(d) The campaign promises were geared towards African Americans.

5. How is the Negro in America referred to in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) A gloomy mist.
(b) A series of mishaps.
(c) A series of shadows.
(d) A mass of darkness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?

2. Which of the following is not a characteristic given to history by Baldwin?

3. What technique did Baldwin say he used in arguments with his father?

4. According to Baldwin, what does not exist among American students in Paris in the 1950s?

5. What does Baldwin say must sustain the American Negro in the present?

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